Abstract
Nanoporous silicon carbide fibres were prepared by curing and heat treatment of melt spun polycarbosilane (PCS) fibres. During the curing process, green PCS fibres were thermally oxidised at the temperature between 180 and 220°C and time between 2 and 10 h for cross-linking among the molecule chains in the PCS and controlling the oxygen concentration and distribution. After thermal oxidation, fibres were heat-treated between 1200 and 1600°C for the conversion to SiC phase. About 15–20 wt-% of oxygen was analysed after heat treatment at 1200°C and it can be possible to pyrolyse without melting or deformation of fibre. At a temperature above 1400°C, the uniform distribution of nanopores was observed on the fibre surface, and the size of pores was increased with curing and heating condition. This type of nanoporous SiC fibre is expected to be a good candidate for high temperature catalyst or catalytic supports.
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